NEW YORK (Top40 Charts/ Miss Kittin Official Website) - Miss Kittin (Caroline Herve) & The Hacker (Michel Amato) are back together again, double the trouble and double the fun, with a brand new album, 'TWO'.
It all started back in 2001 with a little electro ditty called 'Frank Sinatra'. (Actually it all started at a rave in the early 90s, but that's a longer story...) The cool melody and cutting wit behind 'Frank Sinatra' were simply irresistible, dripping with Kittin's now-infamously deadpan vocals.
Karl Lagerfeld, Marilyn Manson and Elton John (who says he gave a copy to all his friends) proclaimed themselves fans, and the masses followed suit. Miss Kittin & The Hacker were the new 'it' duo, their debut full-length, First Album, a smash.
The duo eventually went their separate ways in pursuit of other endeavors. Miss Kittin released the critically acclaimed I Com (2004), and became a well-known voice on the club scene (collaborating with Felix Da Housecat, Sven Vath), as well as DJ star with an eclectic ear (demonstrated by her mix CDs: Radio Caroline, and A Bugged Out Mix)).
The Hacker became an unrivalled electro and techno DJ, going from EPs to remixes (Marc Almond, Laurent Garnier, Air, Nitzer Ebb), and releasing his own full-length, Reves Mecaniques (2004), propelled by the hit 'Flesh & Bone'.
But the scene being what it is, the two couldn't stay apart for long, and by 2006, spontaneously, without any pressure and just for the fun, the French duo were at it again, composing new tunes, two of which came out in the spring of 2007 on the Hometown EP (Goodlife). Soon they were playing together live again, kicking things off with a huge gig in front of thousands of people under the famous 'Pont du Gard' bridge in the South France that summer. Each date is the same: A massive turnout. The duo used this experience to define a new on-stage style.
On TWO, Miss Kittin & The Hacker leave behind electroclash contrariness and unmask a perfectly accessible, more elegant, more mature and more distinct - yet, still pop - side. The album serves up a stellar sprinkling of metallic soul, glamorous space disco, glossy vocal nuances, crystalline beats and swirling melodies, the upcoming single, '1000 Dreams,' 'PPPO,' and the superb cover of Elvis Presley's 'Suspicious Minds'.
Miss Kittin and The Hacker will tour extensively in 2009, and will be hitting the U.S. this fall.
Miss Kittin and The Hacker April/May 2009 tour dates:
(Dates and information subject to change.)
3 Apr Garorock Festival Marmande
4 Apr Panorama Festival Morlaix
7 Apr Alte Feuerwache Mannheim
8 Apr Die Registratur Munich
9 Apr Lido Berlin
10 Apr Melt! Club @ Ubel & Gefahrlich Hamburg
11 Apr Centraltheater Leipzig
12 Apr Rocker 33 Stuttgart
14 Apr Schlachthof Wiesbaden
15 Apr Gloria Cologne
22 Apr La Cigale Paris
23 Apr L'Olympic Nantes
24 Apr Festival Paradis Artificiels @ Aeronef Lille
25 Apr Le Printemps de Bourges Festival @ Phenix Bourges
26 Apr Festival Artefact @ Zenith Strasbourg
27 Apr Rockhal Esch-sur-Alzette
28 Apr Ancienne Belgique Brussels
30 Apr Paradiso Amsterdam
1 May Pressure @ Arches Glasgow
2 May Matter London
3 May Tivoli Dublin
16 May Vega Copenhagen
20 May Le Cargo Caen
22 May Espace Julien Marseille
23 May Les Nuits Sonores Festival Lyon
26 May Flex Vienna
27 May Kassablanca Jena
28 May Showboxx Dresden
29 May Wilde Glocke @ Gusswerk Salzburg
30 May Rohstofflager Zurich
31 May Bad Bonn Kilbi Festival Dudingen
